It happened on Madison Avenue in Skowhegan. The woman who shot the video was in the passenger seat, waiting at a stoplight when she looked over and saw a little boy in the front seat not wearing a seatbelt. (Contributed video)

SKOWHEGAN (WGME) -- A woman is facing charges after a video shows her on her cell phone and driving with a young child in the front seat without a seat belt.

It happened on Madison Avenue in Skowhegan. The woman who shot the video was in the passenger seat, waiting at a stoplight when she looked over and saw a little boy in the front seat not wearing a seatbelt.

When the light turns green and the driver on a cell phone starts to move, the young boy in the video appears to fall back in the seat.

"That's just downright wrong, scary,” Dawn Gentile, mother, said.

The woman who shot the video Wednesday asked CBS 13 not to identify her. She says she tried to get the driver's attention but couldn't.

“She’s clearly distracted. I think it's unacceptable. He should have been in a rear facing toddler car seat in the back seat, in the middle,” Olympia Thibault, mother, said.

"She's focused on, well in this case, two things. Driving and talking on the phone. Her focus wasn't where it should have been, and that would be on the safety of her child." Skowhegan Police Chief Joel Cummings said.

Chief Cummings says within hours they identified the driver and tried to make contact with her.

"She is facing charges. I can't disclose which charge at this point. And she is to be named when she is charged,” Chief Cummings said.

Sylvane Pontin is a retired ER nurse.

"It’s so dangerous. If there's a collision, you're going to get really injured. And can be ejected from the vehicle even,” Pontin said. "It's a recipe for disaster."

"I think her license should be taken away. I think her kids should be taken away. And I think she should go to jail,” Gentile said.

Skowhegan Police say they are glad the woman brought the video to their attention. There's a lot of outrage in the community over the video. But police say this is something they will handle.

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